New Partnership with the EU Debate

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Alan Brown

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Northern Ireland Assembly Election

New Partnership with the EU

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Point of Order
Tuesday 17th January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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My hon. Friend is exactly right. The common commercial policy prevents us from making such deals, which is why we have come to the conclusion that we have.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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The 12-point fantasy wish list includes the UK doing away with free movement, coming out of the customs union and leaving the single market, yet we are to maintain a common travel area and free movement with Ireland. How can that work for Ireland, when we are constantly told that such arrangements would not be possible between Scotland and England?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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That was an interestingly conflated question. If I remember correctly, the common travel area started in 1923 and has nothing to do with the European Union.

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